Monday was a busy day for Cathleen and Conrad Griffin. The couple left their Sebago home early in the morning bound for Boston and a flight to Anchorage, Alaska. By Tuesday morning, a mere 24 hours later, they were in Nome, Alaska, the terminus of the annual Iditarod Sled Dog Race. “We’re hoping to beat […]
March 2010
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Lakes Region ballot for June primary features familiar faces
The list of local candidates running for seats in the Maine House of Representatives and Senate was finalized with this week’s deadline for submitting nomination papers. While the major party candidates’ submission deadline was March 15, non-party candidates have until June 1 to file papers with the Secretary of State’s Office. The Lakes Region is […]
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Pockmarked reputation – Standish calls for Route 35 fix
Lorie Dorr, a longtime Standish resident, travels the bumpy and rolling terrain of Route 35 out of Sebago Lake Village toward Windham on a daily basis, each time wondering why the state doesn’t do something to improve road conditions. She’s so fed up with the stretch of road between routes 114 and 237 that she […]
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Lake Region High School reacts to 'low-performing' designation
Shocked, crushed, saddened, disturbed. These are the some of the words staff and students are using to describe their reaction to the state’s designation of Lake Region High School as one of Maine’s lowest performing schools. Principal Roger Lowell, who could lose his job as a result of the designation, calls the “swift, harsh action” […]
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Anthem rates serve as rallying cry for reform
PORTLAND — More than 200 people rallied in a downtown park Thursday to protest Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s rising health insurance rates and demand national reforms. “Our leaders need to stand up to Anthem and stand up for the people of Maine,” said Sarah Holland of Camden, drawing cheers from the crowd. “A […]
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Dispatches
PORTLAND Inn developers say they’ll start Jordan’s demolition April 1 The developers who plan to build a Hampton Inn on the former Jordan’s Meats site say they will start demolishing the old building April 1, before the Planning Board public hearing tentatively scheduled for April 13. Gregory Kirsch, vice president of Opechee Construction Corp., said […]
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Health care reform billheads for Sunday vote
The Congressional Budget Office projects that it will reduce deficits by $138 billion over 10 years. And another Democrat switches his vote to “yes.”
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Train coming right on time in Brunswick
Service from Portland is scheduled to start in 2012 shortly after the naval air base closes, providing a boost to the local economy.
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Panel members reach agreement on rules for medical marijuana use
AUGUSTA — A legislative committee reached an agreement Thursday on implementing Maine’s law expanding the rights of medical marijuana users. Advocates who brought the initiative before voters in November were satisfied but unenthusiastic with the final product. “It’s livable,” Jonathan Leavitt, executive director of the Maine Marijuana Policy Initiative, said of L.D. 1811, which was […]
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Health care debate: The hows, whys, what ifs
Some questions and answers on the Democrats’ health bill as a vote draws near: